rigorist

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From rigour, or its source, Latin rigor, +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rigorist (plural rigorists)

  1. Someone who takes the strictest interpretation of a law, religious injunction etc.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 338:
      These rigorists wanted to borrow Old Testament exclusions from participation in the Temple liturgy and apply them to pregnant women and the sexual relations of married couples.

Adjective

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rigorist (comparative more rigorist, superlative most rigorist)

  1. Of, pertaining to or in the fashion of rigorists or rigorism.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French rigoriste.

Noun

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rigorist m (plural rigoriști)

  1. rigorist

Declension

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